MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS PROTEOME M. tuberculosis- intracellular pathogen - TB prevalent in Africa and Asia - 1/3 population is infected - 8 million new cases per year
Usually we can use chest x-ray examination and CT scan to ... Methodical of interpretation roentgenograms of lungs and description pathological shadows ...
Chest radiograph. Bacteriologic or histologic exam. microscopy. culture. DNA ... Persons with fibrotic changes on chest radiograph consistent with old healed TB ...
Epidemiology of tuberculosis among the foreign-born in the United States ... Andorra. Malta. Monaco. San Marino. EuroTB. Proportion of tuberculosis cases of ...
Infectiousness - 2. Patients are not considered infectious if ... Use subsequent smear examinations to assess patient's infectiousness and response to treatment ...